Data Privacy and Cybersecurity

Data privacy and cybersecurity are issues inherently woven into intellectual property protection and technology. Your information—whether internally generated testing data or analytical collected from customers—is a key asset for your business, as it is used to foster development of new technologies, improve services, and drive innovation. Increasingly, international laws and regulations governing cybersecurity, privacy, and […]

Regulatory Law

Regulatory counseling is critically important to be coupled with intellectual property solutions for product development & commercialization of regulated products from initiation through post-launch phases. In regulatory law, the goal is to demonstrate substantial equivalence and a lack of differentiation to other existing products. In contrast, proving novelty and non-obviousness over existing inventions is foundational to secure patent protection. […]

Licensing

Negotiating is a form of art that the attorneys in the licensing group at MVS craft with efficiency, accuracy, and knowledge. With decades of experience, MVS attorneys have worked with corporations, small business, start-ups, universities, and individuals to help protect their intellectual property through various forms of licensing. We work closely with our clients’ and […]

International

Filing, prosecuting, obtaining and enforcing international patents and trademarks is the focus of the international practice area. Our attorneys represent U.S. clients in obtaining protection for their intellectual property in other countries, while assisting foreign clients in obtaining protection in the United States.

Biotechnology Patents

The patent process for biotechnology inventions can be complex, inventions in this area are often embryonic and require foresight to effectively protect downstream commercial products. The MVS Biotechnology practice group’s specialized training, industry knowledge, and technical experience help clients all over the world overcome such complexities to effectively protect their biotechnology inventions. Because countries have […]

Copyright and Media Law

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The McKee, Voorhees, & Sease Copyright, Entertainment, and Media Law Practice Group is equipped to serve a broad range of clients on both the artistic and the institutional sides of creative industries. We provide experienced, innovative, and detail-oriented service to create practical strategies for our clients to help them thrive in today’s evolving entertainment and media marketplace. […]

Software & Business Methods Patents

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McKee, Voorhees & Sease attorneys advise clients regarding protection of software and business method inventions. McKee, Voorhees & Sease provides services, which include: Patentability search and opinions Freedom-to-operate analysis Due diligence Portfolio planning Clients we have obtained patents for include: Genova Technologies Iowa State University Michael Canney MyMedicalRecords, Inc. Penn State University Principal Financial Group […]

Electrical Patents

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MVS attorneys advise clients regarding protection of electrical inventions. As technology is changing, so too are many products that are evolving from purely mechanical systems to mechanical-electrical hybrids or even fully electric. Our attorneys work to stay up to date on these changes to provide technical and legal counsel to ensure that our clients protect […]

Trade Secrets

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McKee, Voorhees & Sease advises clients on various Trade Secret matters including: Identifying Trade Secrets Maintaining Trade Secrets Licensing Trade Secrets Litigating Trade Secrets McKee, Voorhees & Sease also litigates trade secret matters in State and Federal courts.

Litigation

Our litigation attorneys have extensive experience protecting and defending our clients’ intellectual property assets in federal and state courts around the country, and at the Patent and Trademark Office, including handling a landmark patent case before the United States Supreme Court, and appeals before the Federal Circuit, Seventh, Eighth, and Ninth Circuit Courts of Appeal. […]